Impact of risk taking propensity and entrepreneurial attitude on entrepreneurial intent through moderating role of universities

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the relationship between risk taking propensity, entrepreneurial attitude and entrepreneurial intent through moderating role of universities among university students of (Punjab) Pakistan. This study provides a comprehensive answer to the research question of how universities are playing a role to impact the entrepreneurial intent of university students. A survey questionnaire was used to collect data from faculty of management sciences students of different departments at various universities in (Punjab) Pakistan. Total 341 student’s data found to be correct for analysis. Factor analysis, reliability, and regression and correlation analysis was the techniques to analyse the links between the study variables. There is a positive significant impact of risk taking propensity on entrepreneurial intent, entrepreneurial attitude on entrepreneurial intent, risk taking propensity with moderation of universities on entrepreneurial intent and entrepreneurial attitude with moderation on entrepreneurial intent as these results are also supported by the study of (Zollo et al. 2017). At the last, this paper also presents some implications, limitations and suggestions for future research.